- Description
- A fan of cars—and drawing them—since childhood, and a reader of Road & Track and Motor Trend since my teenage years. After studying at the CalArts Film School, I worked in TV commercial production in the 1990s and independent filmmaking in the 2000s and beyond. I’ve been an author at Curbside Classic since 2022 and Managing Editor since 2023, where my lifelong interests in cars, art, and visual storytelling happily come together.
![Text by Patrick Bell. Thomas Jefferson Goad (1885-1970) began his journey in the automobile business in Mineral Wells, Texas around 1908. He expanded to the surrounding counties and in 1924 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/metapth74700_xl_ND-51-335-01.jpg "Vintage Photos: A Cadillac-Oldsmobile Dealer In Texas, 1951-1956")
![Here’s one rather sinister-looking find. It’s a creature-like automotive creation since its inception, and even more so in its current condition. A ’61 Imperial (Trim level? Crown or LeBaron? Your […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-06-26-07.55.11-copia.jpg "1961 Imperial – One Frankenstein Of A Car, Found In Mary Shelley’s Land")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Our gallery today is a small collection of transit photos from a known source. These are part of a much larger collection (1,656 images) that is […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/38459709540_d9890e0116_k.jpg "Vintage Photos: 1961 Chryslers, Plymouths And Dodges, Loading Up For Delivery By Train")
![Sometimes, all it takes is a specific kind of car in the “right” type of condition to bring about full flashback. A beater condition seventies Volvo? With mange-like paint condition, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_20240608_154129353.jpg "Riding A 1970s Volvo Beater – Or What’s The Worst Car Interior You Ever Sat In?")
![Today we have a gallery of fancy dressers and their cars; some of which were very fancy, and some not so fancy. A lot has changed in the last fifty […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/3-5-1A.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Fancy Dressers And Their Cars, 1950s-1960s")
![Photos from the CC Cohort by Hyperpack. June 2025: A Cutlass Ciera? The once common, how uncommon has it become? Still a few around, huh? Gotta be a late model, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/54588607317_22efa6a221_k.jpg "Curbside Find: ’89-’96 Oldsmobile Ciera – The Once Common, Now Uncommon; GM’s FWD A-Bodies 40 Years Later")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Summer is officially here, so let’s take some time to look at convertibles, the ultimate four wheeled summer vehicle. There is a good selection from the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-06-22-18.39.02.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Convertibles Of The 1950s, Back In Their Golden Days")
![It’s flashback time today here at CC (it’s what we do over here after all, ain’t it?), thanks to these ’68 Cadillac images uploaded at the CC Cohort by Hyperpack. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/54589486386_50b5e5ad54_k.jpg "1968 Cadillac De Ville Convertible – One Memorable Ride In A Clunker Cadillac, Back In The 1990s")
![Text by Patrick Bell. We have some more in transit images today, with interesting cars and a closer look at some of the transport equipment and methods. Nearly all American […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-06-19-23.26.01.jpg "Vintage Photos: The Cars Of 1960 Arrive Ready For A New Decade")
![Today’s Cohort find by Roshake has been featured before at CC. So, “still looking good” is being used in a very deliberate form in the title, as this 1990 Buick […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/54581036786_efd23c0375_b-copia.jpg "Curbside Find: 1990 Buick Skylark Custom – Still Looking Good In Budapest")
![Text by Patrick Bell. The suburbs really flourished in the fifties and sixties as part of the post war boom in the USA. Many people used their newfound prosperity to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-06-16-01.04.32.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Cars And Driveways – The Suburbs And Their Beauty In The ’50s & ’60s")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Our feature today is General Motors trucks from the middle part of the last century. They will trigger memories for many, including myself. They were very […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/tumblr_dbbe8dea6407a1da72af1efff0a00df9_687e2930_1280.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Chevy And GMC Trucks, As They Were In The ’50s & ’60s")
